e House,
standing opposite Great St Mary's, dates from 1730 and is classical in
style. The buildings of the university library, in the immediate
vicinity, enclose two quadrangles, and in part occupy the site of the
old court of King's College. One of the quadrangles was formerly
occupied by the schools or lecture rooms, but as the library grew it
usurped their place. Important modern additions date from 1842, 1864 and
1888. The facade of the old schools is an excellent work of 1758. The
library is one of those which is entitled to receive, under the
Copyright Act, a copy of every book published in the United Kingdom. The
Fitzwilliam Museum, a massive classical building, was begun in 1837 to
contain the bibliographical and art collection bequeathed by Richard,
Viscount Fitzwilliam, in 1816. The museum of archaeology (classical,
general and local, 1884), is connected with the Fitzwilliam Museum. The
Pitt Press (1833), housing the university printing establishment, was
begun out of the residue of a fund for erecting the statues of William
Pitt in Hanover Square, London, and Westminster Abbey. It stands near
Pembroke, Pitt's college. The Selwyn Divinity School (1879), opposite St
John's College, was built largely at the charge of Dr William Selwyn,
Lady Margaret professor of divinity. The museums and lecture rooms
(begun in 1863) are extensive buildings on each side of Downing Street.
Included in these are the museum of zoology, which had its origin in
collections made by Sir Busick Harwood, professor of anatomy in
1785-1814, and contains the collection of fishes made by Charles Darwin
in the ship "Beagle"; the medical school, botanical museum and
herbarium, mineralogical museum, engineering laboratory (1894), optical
and astronomical lecture room, chemical laboratory (1887), and the
Cavendish laboratory for physical research (1874), the gift of William
Cavendish, 7th duke of Devonshire and chancellor of the university. The
Sedgwick Geological Museum, opened by King Edward VII. in 1904,
commemorates Adam Sedgwick, Woodwardian professor of geology, and
originated in the collections of Dr John Woodward (d. 1728). Adjoining
this building, in Downing Street is the law library, founded on a
bequest from Miss Rebecca Flower Squire (d. 1898) with the law school.
The observatory (1824) is on the outskirts of the town in Madingley
Road, and the botanic garden (founded 1762, and removed to its present
site in 1831) borders Trumpington